"It was great," said tight end Ben Braunecker, who was one of 26 Bears players who spread out to visit kids on five floors of the hospital.
"During the season you get trapped in the NFL bubble and you don't really realize the impact that you still have in the community, especially when you have kind of a down season like we're having. But it's important to remember that you can still do a lot of good, so I thought it was a good opportunity for us to go out and do that and put smiles on some people's faces.